Two Cows / Jean-François Millet
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- Accession Number
- 1930.18
- Title
- Two Cows
- Artist
- Jean-François Millet
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- 1814-1875
- Medium and Support
- drypoint and roulette on pale blue laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1814-1875
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Inscription
- Inscribed on plate: JF Millet
- Dimensions
- 9.2 cm x 15.2 cm (3 5/8 in. x 6 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- intaglio print
- Physical Description
- A shepherdess stands between two cows who are grazing at the center of the image. In the foreground is the indication of a rough track leading towards the distance at left. At the right is a woman bending over beneath a tree.
- Subject Matter
- Millet's views of rural life often had a nobility although he did not glamorize or idealize the harshness of country life. This impression does still have some of the burr of drypoint, but there are other impressions that are much darker and richer. Millet also varied the color of the ink and how the plate retained ink in order to convey differences of atmosphere.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- descriptors
- engraving (printing process)
- figures
- grasses
- image-making processes and techniques
- inorganic material
- intaglio printing processes
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- people and occupations
- plants
- printing
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- the natural world
- trails
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1097 x 679
- File Size
- 105 KB
- Record
- 1930.18
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1930.18/1930.18.jpg
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"Two Cows; Jean-François Millet." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1930.18/1930.18.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
